(2010/08/21) This is a total waste of our time (Park 51)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 21 August 2010
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Edition #398
This is a total waste of our time
Act 1: Cat and Mosque - Mark Fiore
Song 1: Anywhere is - Enya
Act 2: Municipal land-use update - Daily Show
Song 2: Tolerance - Michael Franti And Spearhead
Act 3: Cantor on the mosque 'Come on' - Rachel Maddow
Song 3: It's Alright - Huey Lewis and the News
Act 4: Jimmy's take on the mosque - Jimmy Dore Show
Song 4: Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Act 5: Islamic architecture - The Bugle
Song 5: Drums of freedom - Theo Bard
Act 6: Who are we as a nation - The Young Turks
Song 6: I don't believe in that - Chip Taylor
Act 7: Citizen Radio talks on Cordoba - GRITtv
Song 7: Different people - No Doubt
Act 8: The sacred ground arguement - Jimmy Dore Show
Song 8: The argument - This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
Act 9: How to know it's election season - Sam Seder
Song 9: One love - Playing For Change
Act 10: Embarrassing moments - Rachel Maddow
Song 10: South Side - Moby
Act 11: The 'radical' Imam behind the mosque - Young Turks
Song 11: Knock yourself out - Jon Brion
Act 12: Mosque-Erade - Daily Show
Song 12: Missed the boat - Modest Mouse
Act 13: Special Comment on the mosque - Countdown
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Municipal Land-Use Update - Ground Zero Mosque - Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible entirely by listeners just like you and I could really use your help. |
| 0:04.4 | Donate to or become a member of the show, please visit BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from MarkFurray.com, |
| 0:13.2 | The Daily Show, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Jimmy Door Show, The Bugle, The Young Turks, |
| 0:17.4 | Great TV, Sam Cedar, and Countdown, with a bonus video clip for our iPhone app users from The Daily Show. |
| 0:47.4 | And celebrating Ramadan, with fasting, charity, sharing, and other kids. |
| 0:51.8 | No, they're trying to build a mosque at Ground Zero. |
| 0:56.0 | You mean the community center in prayer room, two and a half blocks away? |
| 0:59.5 | Yes, but that counts as at Ground Zero. |
| 1:02.9 | But doesn't America have religious freedom everywhere? |
| 1:06.7 | Yes, and that's what makes this country great, but this is different. |
| 1:12.8 | How's that, Mr. Dan? |
| 1:14.2 | Muslims attack us on September 11th. |
| 1:17.6 | All Muslims? |
| 1:18.7 | Wow, that must have been a big plane. |
| 1:20.9 | Dog boy! |
| 1:22.2 | If we let them build their mosque there, it'd be like... |
| 1:25.7 | Like Muslims praying in the Pentagon? |
| 1:28.1 | What the? I didn't know about that. |
| 1:30.4 | No, it'd be like... |
| 1:32.6 | Like letting Japanese fly planes over Pearl Harbor? |
| 1:36.2 | Yes, no. |
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